Im tired of the old FM bashers. The FM birds attract a lot of users and QRM. So cleary a lot of folks like them.
Besides, tune into any of hundreds of frequencies on the ham bands during a contest and you will hear the same thing. Zero usefull commmunications capability but a heck of a lot of folks seem to be enjoying it.
I wish the old fud FM bashers would just go find something in Ham radio they enjoy and go do it, rather than complaining about what others find fun in the hobby..
My experience in 46 years of ham radio is that there is room in it for everyone and everyone's interests. But nothing, absolutely nothing, is gained by bashing what other people enjoy. If you find something you like in the hobby, do it. If not, then get out of the way.
Bob
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ernie Howard Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:49 PM To: Dave Guimont Cc: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Organized Chaos.
And now for a dissenting opinion.....
FM sats work. They serve a good purpose. I, and a hundreds of other sat ops enjoy them. Sometimes the communications can be chaos, but most passes here they are not over used.
Dave are you one of the guys who also complained about the 'ditters' on the linear birds? And the guys who don't follow the 'one true rule' on the linear birds? And the guys who slide by up/down onto your qso on the linear birds? And the guys running too much power and loading down the passband on the linear birds. Is that good operating?
Yes, poor operating habits can appear anywhere. So instead of grinding your ax all the time, be an elmer.
Ernie
Dave Guimont wrote:
John, the operation of FM voice satellites is a travesty
for ham radio...
I've been licensed for 57 years, on amateur satellites for
33 years
(Oscar 7) and the FM voice operation is the most ridiculous aberration I've witnessed in all of amateur
radio...Pandemonium
exists here also!!
It is pretty obvious NO COMMUNICATION exists on AO51, all of their communication is on here. Why do they bother
to turn
the radio on???
Many of us attended AMSAT a lot conventions in an attempt to
discourage throwing that money "down the tubes" on FM voice,
to no
avail. Someone had an "ax to grind", and several of the
existing
"powers that be" in AMSAT-NA told me to "mind my own
business". They
were obviously the "ax grinders".
FM voice on the amateur satellites is about equal to the
same degree
of difficulty as a cell phone operation!
No wonder our membership is deteriorating.
Ancient AO7 and present VO52 hopefully are keeping some
interest,
until Europe launches P3E....
That's where my donations go.....
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